Stephen J. Parks

Stephen J. Parks is Professor of English at the University of Virginia. He has published widely in scholarly journals and edited collections and is the author or co-author of five books, including Gravyland: Writing Beyond the Curriculum in the City of Brotherly Love (Syracuse UP) and Class Politics: The Movement for “The Students’ Right to Their Own Language” (NCTE). He has served as editor or co-editor of four book series, including NCTE/CCCC’s Studies in Writing and Rhetoric. His current research focuses on the ways in which community partnership work has been embedded within a pragmatism that fails to address the educational and political needs of resource-poor communities.